Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) s01e13 Episode Script

[people chattering in Chinese]
Hey, Sherry.
This is Jensen.
Miller and I are going down
out of radio range
to check out the source
of that Chinatown leak.
Personally, I think
the guys around here
are probably doing a couple
too many loads of laundry.
-[laughs]
-[Sherry] Ten-four, Jensen.
Sherry's got a thing
for me, you know.
[scoffs]
Oh, yeah.
That must be why
she avoids you
like the plague, huh?
Let's go.
Come on.
[Jensen]
Wanna get tickets
for Monday's game?
[Miller] No,
I think I'll pass.
[Jensen] Hey.
What is it with you?
You never wanna
have any fun.
[Miller] I'm a busy guy.
Does that bother you?
Hey, what's that?
Look at this. We've got
a crack in the casement
here, huh?
Uh, it's pretty small.
It's probably just
auxiliary pressure
off the main breach.
Let's give it a whack, anyway.
What the hell.
Hey. Check it out.
What the hell
is that stuff?
Bet you this junk
sunk down here
after that big one
in 1906.
The latest tremors must have
shaken it around a little.
Oh, mama!
I think I've found me gold.
[Miller scoffs] Gold?
Looks like
brass to me.
Oh, come on, this could be
worth something.
[Miller] It's just ashes.
No big deal.
Just dump them
right here.
[Jensen] Goodbye.
I'm gonna come back
here tomorrow,
when I've got more time.
See what other stuff
is down here.
Knock yourself out.
Come on. Let's go.
[Jensen] Still no sign
of the break.
[Miller] It's gotta be
down here somewhere.
[Jensen] I told you,
we should have taken
that last turnoff.
[Miller] Shut up.
Let's, uh,
split up here
at this branch, okay?
I'll meet you back here
in ten minutes.
Hey, Miller! There's a woman
running around down here!
[Miller] What?
A Chinese--
[Miller] Jensen!
Where are you?
[Jensen] Still looking!
Come on, baby.
Where did you go?
[thunder crashes]
[screeching, screaming]
[Jensen screams]
[Jensen's screams echoing]
[thunder crashing]
[narrator] Since
the beginning of time
mankind has existed between
the world of light
and the world of darkness.
Our secret society
has been here forever,
protecting others
from the creatures
who inhabit the shadows
and the night.
Known only to the initiated
by our true name:
The Legacy.
Ah. There is a nice lady.
Let me give her a kiss.
[Derek laughs]
Come here with your finger
and your hand.
And, mwah.
Ah! [laughs]
[Rachel] Bravo. Bravo.
Well, you certainly got him
under control, huh?
You better hope so,
or you'll be missing
a couple of fingers.
[mumbles gibberish]
[everyone laughs]
No, don't worry.
Our little friend
is quite harmless now.
The toy maker's spell
is finally broken.
[telephone rings]
Good morning.
Luna Foundation.
One moment, please.
Dr. Rayne, it's for you.
Ah. Can you put it on
the speakerphone, Dominick?
-Derek Rayne.
-[man] Derek, old friend.
I trust your morning meeting
has concluded
with satisfaction.
Lee Tzin-Soong.
Yes, in fact we just finished.
As if you didn't
already know.
To what do I owe
this honor?
[Lee Tzin-Soong]
There's an article
in today's paper
I'd like to discuss with you.
Well, maybe you could
be a little bit more specific?
[Lee Tzin-Soong] Ah!
Alex. So good to
hear your voice.
Perhaps you may have
overlooked
the mysterious disappearance
of a city maintenance man
in Chinatown.
No, I did not, actually.
I read in the Chronicle
that the police were pursuing
a couple leads, but
it's not really
up our alley.
[Lee Tzin-Soong chuckles]
Oh, wait. Foolish me.
I must assume, then,
that you are not aware
of the story coverage
in our local Chinese paper?
No. I'm afraid
we missed that.
[Lee Tzin-Soong] Well,
I urge you
to look at it.
Then perhaps you'll
come in and visit me
at the Cultural Center.
Bring up the Chinese edition.
Okay, translating.
Scanning for key phrases.
Hey, look at this.
"The mysterious Chinese woman
alluded to
by the missing worker
may very well
have been a ghost."
A ghost?
Well, this does call
for a visit to the
Chinese Cultural Center.
[Rachel] Wait a minute.
One reporter's speculation
that somebody may
have seen a ghost, and you're
gonna go running out the door?
Well, Rachel, ordinarily
this wouldn't be
a reasonable
course of action,
but then you haven't met
Lee Tzin-Soong yet.
[Rachel] Hm. I've never
been here before.
It's beautiful.
[Derek] Lee Tzin-Soong.
It's a pleasure
to see you again.
[Lee Tzin-Soong] Oh, Derek.
Life is treating you well,
I see.
Yes, fine.
I'd like you to meet
my colleague.
Dr. Rachel Corrigan.
-Hi.
-[laughs]
An honor finally to meet you.
And delighted that we're
both working in Legacy.
The honor is mine.
Yes. Well
[laughing]
So, let's see.
Mmm. In good health.
But working far, far
too hard, like your father.
Let's see this
-Ah!
-[laughs]
Have you been
drinking my tea?
Well, on and off.
Let me see your eye.
Ah, more off than on.
I have to make a new
batch of tea for you.
And you
Lee Tzin-Soong.
[Lee Tzin-Soong] Dr. Corrigan.
Ah
In excellent health.
[speaks Chinese]
Huh?
Fiery dragon-horse energy.
Ah, thank you.
Well, last night,
as I was meditating
I sensed that the feng shui
of Chinatown
was, uh, seriously disrupted
by an unknown source.
The feng shui?
The-- The spirit of place?
[Lee Tzin-Soong] Yes.
The energy of an entire area.
[footsteps approaching]
Oh.
Derek, this is
my granddaughter, Mei-Ling.
She's grown up, huh?
Mei-Ling?
Hello, Dr. Rayne.
[clears throat]
Oh, Dr. Rachel Corrigan.
Thank you.
I guess it's been
quite a while.
[Mei-Ling] It sure has.
The last time
I was home from college,
you and grandfather
were so tied up
in your men's business,
I don't think
you even remembered
my presence in the room.
Oh, no. I remember
that day quite well.
You were wearing
a rose-print dress
and a gardenia
in your hair.
[Lee Tzin-Soong laughs]
That's quite
a remarkable memory.
Well, Mei-Ling has
consented to take you
to the tunnel site,
where you will begin
your investigation.
-Thank you.
-Yeah, no problem.
Miller, Jensen's partner,
drew this map of the tunnels
for the reporter, Mo Quan.
The bottom of this ladder
puts you here.
The two of them split up
around here.
And Jensen disappeared
about here.
Great.
Good luck, Dr. Rayne.
Hm. It's Derek.
Do you need
a ride back?
No, thanks.
I'll walk.
It was great
seeing you again Derek.
I look forward to hearing
how this turns out.
-Dr. Corrigan.
-Oh, hey. Thanks a lot.
So, not quite
the little girl
you remember.
It's amazing.
She's turned out to be, uh,
quite a young woman.
Well, yeah.
These things happen,
you know.
And a young woman
with a crush on you,
I'd wager.
[whispers]
Oh. Look at this place.
Yeah. Let's look
at the map.
Jensen and Miller must have
split up over there.
Right.
[Derek] The junction
is 100 yards ahead.
-[Rachel] Down there?
-Yeah.
[Rachel] Oh, I don't
like this place.
Hey, what's this?
[Derek] Ah, it's a crack in--
No, no, Derek, wait. Look.
Look at this.
These are fresh
pick marks.
Oh, you're right.
It's loose.
Can you get this out?
I'll try.
Derek, there's
stuff in there.
[grunting]
Oh, my God.
Look at that.
Ugh. Come on.
What have we got here?
Look at this.
[Derek] What are they,
pieces of wood?
-Chinese writing.
-Look at that.
What's this?
[man] Hurry up,
come on. Let's go.
I told you to stay down
behind the counter!
Don't you know
how to count to 100?
Piece of cake.
These people are pushovers.
Three stores
in three days.
Beats the hell out of
working for a living.
Yo, I think you're lucky that
old man didn't know kung fu.
I'll give you
kung fu! Ah!
If he tries
that with me,
he gets two of these
behind the ear.
[laughs]
[yelling in Chinese]
The funny thing about
robbing that Chinese guy.
A couple minutes after,
I'm hungry.
-[laughs]
-What do you say
we go get some--
[thunder crashes]
What the hell?
[shrieking]
[screaming]
[men screaming]
Kuei.
[Lee Tzin-Soong]
These are funeral artifacts
from the inner sanctum
of the Temple
of Azure Clouds.
This is the insignia
of the temple,
the chop, on a name tag.
[Mei-Ling] How come I've never
heard of the Temple
of Azure Clouds?
Well, it no longer
exists.
In 1906, the earthquake
completely destroyed it.
Its location
was lost to antiquity.
But this is from 1895.
-Bad time for us.
-[Rachel] Yeah.
Chinese immigrants
and railroad workers
flocking to the city
looking for work.
They were treated
with extreme prejudice.
You're very knowledgeable.
Where have you been
keeping her from me?
Last night,
I was in my men's club,
and a fellow member
came up to me, Zhou Zhan.
He said he was robbed
by two persons.
Today, he was interrogated
by police,
who said they found
the robbers' car
soaked with blood.
How does that connect?
Well, Zhou Zhan
did not talk to the police
very much, but confided in me.
He said he saw
the two men murdered,
and carried away
by a female kuei.
A kuei?
A Chinese fox spirit.
A ghost that kills.
Yes, and if not stopped
will kill again and again.
Okay. This is where
you found the funeral
artifacts.
And now for the city map.
And we put them
both together.
That should give us
the exact location
of the inner sanctum's vault.
You're looking at
the 500 block of Mason,
and the intersection of Clay.
Excellent. One thing about
ghosts, Chinese or otherwise,
they like revisiting
their resting places.
So you wanna go
have a look?
Let's go.
[keyboard clacking]
[Rachel] Hey, Alex.
So now that we've got
a time frame,
have you found anything?
Alex?
Oh, God.
This stuff is just
so depressing.
[sighs]
"An overwhelming outbreak
of racial oppression."
"Claim jumping and massacres
in the gold fields."
"Building
the transcontinental railroad
on the back of the coolie
for slave wages."
And finally, "A total ban
on Chinese immigrants
and massive deportations."
I had an uncle
who was hanged in the South
around the same time.
My great-grandmother
told me about it.
I couldn't have been
more than six or seven,
maybe.
She literally
took me on her knee.
She wanted me to know
so that I would
never forget.
She told me of
how they beat him.
And the things
that they did to him.
I can never get over
how horrible
it must have been for her.
They made her watch
her son being hanged,
and she was powerless
to do anything about it.
It just makes me feel like
nothing has changed.
[sighs]
[tires screech]
[Derek] Now, the temple
will be spread out
over this entire area.
And according
to this overlay,
the inner sanctum
is this way.
[Nick] So, the inner sanctum,
is it like
a mausoleum of sorts?
[Derek] More like
a holy place.
Chinese Buddhism, uh,
has very elaborate
burial procedures
to prepare for the transition
into the next lifetime.
[Nick] You know, I wish
I believed in reincarnation.
I'd like to know
if I was gonna
get another shot
at this life.
[Derek] Yeah.
Who wouldn't?
[police sirens
wailing in background]
[Nick] Have a look at this.
[Derek] It looks like
some kind of
religious offering.
[thunder crashes]
[screaming]
[people speaking in Chinese]
[shrieks]
[clamoring]
[Lee Tzin-Soong]
The fox spirit
has killed three times.
Extremely vengeful,
dangerous kuei.
Mr. Lee, there must be
something meaningful
that we can do
to stop her.
I think the urn
is the key.
But the Chinese characters
are so small
and damaged
in the weather,
I can't make them out.
Well, perhaps we can.
-[speaks in Chinese]
-Oh.
[Nick] The microlaser was able
to pick up what we needed.
These pictograms
were on the urn.
This is from the Temple
of Azure Clouds.
"Gao Ziyan,
her immortal soul
has been clouded
with evil and revenge.
And her ashes have been
ritually sealed
to prevent her from
returning to this world."
Isn't it strange that
this urn was left behind?
The fox spirit could have
easily snatched it up
if she didn't
want to be found.
[Lee Tzin-Soong]
Oh, I agree.
Don't forget,
the three corpses,
they were hung
in such a precise manner.
Could there be a connection
between the victims?
Your friends were terrorized
by two of them.
And the third one
is obviously Jensen,
that worker who disappeared.
Yeah, but Jensen could have
been killed by the kuei
for desecrating the vault
and stealing this urn.
Yeah, and the other two
robbed and brutalized
a local merchant.
[screaming]
So the kuei,whose soul
is clouded by evil
and revenge,
is taking out her anger
on people who prey
on the Chinese.
[Rachel] Okay.
So if it's a revenge motive,
then, uh, I think the answer
has to lay in history.
Well, Alex,
cross-index, uh,
murders in Chinatown
with the name
of Gao Ziyan,
starting in 1800
till 1899.
Well, that's pretty broad.
It's gonna take some time.
It's getting late.
I have to go too.
Just keep me
up to date, please.
Uh, Mei-Ling
[speaks in Chinese]
Maybe I ought to
stay here, yeye.
They may need
my help.
For more translations.
Mm.
[chuckles]
[Rachel] That's very kind.
Why don't we
start from here?
[knock on door]
May I come in?
Of course.
-Are you comfortable?
-Absolutely.
For an old house,
it sure has cozy rooms.
Yeah.
Well, um
Alex, uh, called it
a night, as well.
And, uh, she'll get back
to work in the morning.
So that just leaves
the two of us.
Yeah.
What shall we do?
I was wondering
about the fox spirit.
Oh. Business.
[chuckles]
The bedding and food
Nick and I found in the alley
really struck me
as unusual for a ghost.
Not for a Chinese ghost.
Chinese ghosts,
having had
a far different
cultural life
than their
Western counterparts,
have a far different
afterlife as well.
I see.
Chinese family
relationships in life
are extremely close.
Is that so?
That closeness
continues
after death.
They've even been
known to
[whispers]
make love.
Really?
Oh, yes.
Even if the ghost
is obviously somewhat older.
For the Chinese
age is respected.
It goes
without saying that
the old can teach the young
many things.
[Derek] He said
we would never
meet him again.
Uh, so, Derek.
How are things
with you and Mei-Ling?
Oh, come on. It doesn't take
a psychic to figure out
what went on
with you two last night.
There was enough afterglow
at the breakfast table
to light up
the whole damn house.
Well, I guess
you could say
things between us
are very good.
Huh.
Very good.
[Alex] Here it is.
An anti-Chinese riot ended
with the lynching of three men
on the same street,
just over 100 years ago.
The whole thing
makes me sick.
Oh, and keeping with
the sentiment of the time,
no names were given.
The victims were simply
referred to
as "three China men."
Any subsequent stories?
One brief follow-up.
No suspects arrested.
[scoffs]
Three men killed,
and before the blood was dry,
it was yesterday's news.
[Nick] Well, one thing's
for certain.
Racially motivated killings,
hangings in the same street.
That's why Gao Ziyan's ghost
is out to kill.
Well, think about it.
This-- This woman,
this fox spirit we're after
She must have
lost what?
A father, a brother,
a husband
to a lynch mob?
Back then, she was helpless
to do anything about it.
Now, she's
anything but.
Well, it still doesn't make
what she's doing right.
I'm not saying it's right,
Derek, by no means.
But I know
in Gao Ziyan's mind,
it feels right to her.
Alex.
Well-spoken.
You made a great
case in there.
Thanks.
Feels good, huh?
It does, actually.
And I think
you even
convinced Derek.
-Oh, really?
-Yeah.
Judging by his silence.
I mean, he's not anybody
who's gonna back down
from a fight,
especially if he thinks
he's right.
Ugh. Well, that's
certainly true of
the Derek I know.
Anger.
[sighs]
It's a good tool, great.
It cuts through
a lot of stuff. But
Alex, you gotta be careful.
It's a double-edged sword.
You use it aimlessly,
you're gonna cut yourself.
Mm. I hear you.
But it sure felt good.
Yeah.
Hey.
Copies of the
Sai Gai Yat Po,
newspapers, journals, diaries.
I put out the word,
and this is the response.
Oh.
I, uh--
I'll examine these
to leave the two of you alone.
[giggles]
He knows about
last night, doesn't he?
You know
it's next to impossible
to keep a secret
from my grandfather.
[sighs]
He could read my face
when I got home.
So I told him we spent
some time together.
Oh. That's one way
of putting it.
[chuckles]
The proper Confucian way.
He understood.
About what happened
last night--
Derek.
No explanations
are called for.
In fact,
nothing's called for.
But I-I feel I should
at least--
To make anything
more of it
would be like,
as Grandfather would say,
"putting legs on a snake."
Legs on a snake?
Too complicated.
Not necessary.
Oh, I see.
If I didn't mention it
before, Derek,
you were wonderful
for an old ghost.
Wait!
I've found what
we're looking for.
Look!
We must move quickly,
set the trap tonight.
Because from what
I've been reading,
I'm certain the fox spirit
will kill again.
[Lee Tzin-Soong]
These two men were
cremated and buried
with proper Buddhist ceremony.
This man, Tang Hua, was not.
He was buried
in the pauper's cemetery.
And his young wife-to-be
was Gao Ziyan.
The fox spirit?
[Rachel] Without a doubt.
Her family was opposed
to her upcoming marriage
and disowned her,
just prior to the murders.
According to this journal,
the night after
her fiance was killed,
Gao Ziyan swore that
she wouldn't rest
until Tang Hua
had a proper burial
and "the blood of her killers
flowed red in the streets."
[Lee Tzin-Soong]
Ultimately helpless,
with nowhere to turn
for justice or comfort,
she committed suicide.
My God.
So the fox spirit
wants Tang Hua also buried
with a proper ceremony,
but she can't do it all alone.
Until her fiance's body
is put to rest,
she will continue her angry,
vengeful killing streak.
So we need a Buddhist priest
from 100 years back?
No. Traditions last
for centuries.
I can perform the ceremony.
So, first we have to find out
where Tang Hua's buried,
and then someone has to invite
the kueito the ceremony.
She appeared above
the temple ruins
the other night.
And she will return there.
She will kill again,
unless we do something.
Yes. So we've got
to move fast on two fronts.
Now, the old pauper's
cemetery
is over here.
So we split
into two teams.
Rachel, Mei-Ling with me,
to deal with the fox spirit.
Alex, Nick and Mr. Lee
to the cemetery
to locate Tang Hua's corpse.
What do we do
when we find it?
Cremate it.
[speaking in Chinese]
[speaking in Chinese]
What is he saying?
Okay. He says that
she was here and that
she was very angry.
And, um, she went over there,
down into a culvert
or a manhole,
and the ground
was trembling very loudly.
We have to get
into the tunnels.
[tires squeal]
[gate screeches]
[Lee Tzin-Soong] No.
No.
No.
[Nick] We've got our work
cut out for us.
There's a whole mess
of markers here.
[Lee Tzin-Soong] Here.
Point your light
on this.
This is Tang Hua's
name in Chinese.
You look for this.
I'm gonna go on ahead.
You look around here.
[Nick] All right.
[Derek] Must have been
some kind of
seismic disturbances
down here.
[Rachel] The street vendor
did say
he heard some rumbling.
Wait a minute.
There's light here.
Derek, can you see
in there?
Looks like
candlelight.
[birds cawing]
[Alex] That's it.
Right here. Look.
[Nick] Looks like it to me.
[Alex] We found it!
Lee Tzin-Soong!
Lee Tzin-Soong!
Can I get some light
down here?
Shouldn't I
go get him?
No. He'll, uh--
He'll show up here
sooner or later.
We don't need him yet.
With two of us working,
we'll get done
a little quicker.
Got it.
[creaking]
[Derek] It's some
sort of altar.
-Oh!
-Oh!
-You all right?
-Yeah.
Man, this place
is really fragile.
My God. Look at this.
The temple must have
slipped down
into this fissure
in the earthquake.
Oh. You all right,
Mei-Ling?
[water dripping]
[Rachel whispers]
Easy does it.
You go right, we go left.
Okay.
[man groaning echoes]
[woman chanting echoes]
[metal clanks]
[screeches]
Aah!
[yells in Chinese]
Tell her we're here
to help!
[speaks in Chinese]
Tell her we understand
what happened to her!
It's a terrible thing
that happened to Tang Hua!
[screeching]
[screaming]
[shrieks]
[yells in Chinese]
[woman's voice
softly echoing]
[whispers]
What did you tell her?
I told her that we know
that she wants
a ceremony performed
so that her and Tang Hua
can be reunited,
and Grandfather
was at the cemetery
performing it.
The ceremony will stop
the killing.
If she trusts us.
[Mei-Ling] Oh, no!
She's going
to the cemetery!
She wants to see
for herself!
[lid creaks open]
[cell phone rings]
Yeah?
Derek?
You must have Lee Tzin-Soong
perform the ceremony now.
Go find Mr. Lee.
He's not here. We separated.
We were looking
for the grave.
Without Lee Tzin-Soong,
she won't trust you.
You have to leave now.
She's coming.
She's already here!
Ugh!
-[shrieking]
-[screaming]
No!
No.
[pants heavily]
Be cool, Alex.
She doesn't know
if she can trust us.
She's looking for
Lee Tzin-Soong.
Just take the light off
of her, really slowly.
You can trust me.
I'm here to help you.
Easy, Alex.
Nick, she knows
I understand about her.
She knows how I feel
about this.
I swear.
We will give Tang Hua
a proper burial.
You have to let go.
[Lee Tzin-soong chanting]
[speaks in Chinese]
[chanting]
May the spirit of Tang Hua
re-enter in another life
unburdened by the pains
and sorrow of this world.
May the ghost
of Gao Ziyan
be finally laid to rest.
May the punishment she suffers
for her deeds
in another incarnation
be followed by peace
and reunion with the light.
[chanting]
[speaking Chinese]
[chanting in Chinese]